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I have listed this article for peer review because I've rewritten most of the article and now I need feedback on how to improve it further. Also, what grade on the assessment scale would you rate it (the article looked like this before I began working on it and it was rated Start-class back then).
Thanks, TheLeftorium 16:07, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello! rst20xx here.
I don't think you need to repeat "The Simpsons" in the names of sections 1 and 2.- I also don't like the use of "out of print" here. In American comic book terminology, out of print is generally only used for collected editions which have sold out, not series which have been cancelled/come to an end (as you are intending to mean here). I would suggest instead for the name of section 2 "Discontinued series, limited series and one-shots" (as it doesn't just cover discontinued series), and that you replace "with issue 6, Bartman went out of print" with "with issue 6, Bartman was discontinued."
Similarly, for section 1, I would suggest the name "Ongoing series".- Examining section 2, you should distinguish between which are discontinued series and which are limited series. Limited series are series which were intended to have a set number of issues from the start, whereas discontinued, finished or cancelled series are ones which were initially intended to be ongoing indefinitely, but were subsequently brought to an end. For example, you cite that Bartman and Itchy and Scratchy were cancelled (you misspell it canceled by the way), but what about Krusty Comics? Was it an ongoing series which was cancelled, or a limited series?
- In fact, your source for the fact that Bartman and Itchy and Scratchy were cancelled doesn't actually say that, so it remains unclear as to whether these series were cancelled or were simply limited series.
"Bartman and Radioactive Man was a comic book that was only released in one issue. It was released in 1994 and was 16 pages long." -> "Bartman and Radioactive Man was a 16-page one-shot released in 1994." ("Comic book" is a singular term so refers to just one issue of a series. So saying a comic book was released in one issue doesn't make any sense. Multiple issues are a "comic book series". However, I believe this was probably intended to be a one-shot, as opposed to a series that was cancelled after just one issue, hence my recommendation above.)- "Krusty Comics was another short lived comic book series published by Bongo Comics. It was only printed in three issues from January 1995 to March 1995." -> "Krusty Comics was another short-lived series, with three issues published from January to March 1995." In fact I would generally remove the "printed in X issues" throughout and replace it by "published as X issues".
- "Bartman was a short lived comic book series" -> "Bartman was a short-lived series" - it is clear from the context that this is a comic book. And similarly elsewhere.
- You say for almost every series that they were published by Bongo Comics. Instead I think you could say in the lead that "all series are published by Bongo, except where otherwise noted", and then note any cases where Bongo didn't publish the material being discussed (are there any?)
- In the table at the top, it shouldn't be "first release" and "last release", but "first issue" and "last issue". Also this table shouldn't be in the lead, though I'm not sure where best to put it. Possibly it could be eliminated, though I see that having an overview like that is helpful. Finally, the last three entries in the table aren't mentioned anywhere else in the article, when they should be.
- There are many other similar places where things should be reworded, I've only mentioned a few. I think you should get someone to copy-edit it in order to fix the prose.
- I think the paperbacks should be taken out of the various sections and given their own section after section 2, like for example here. You're also missing a few, such as the Bartman collection.
- I think Simpsons Classics should have its own short section within section 1.
- Also, for Radioactive Man, your "Main article" should point here, not here.
This article is List-class, as it is a list.
- rst20xx (talk) 20:41, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for reviewing! I have crossed over the points I have changed in the article. I think I'll do the rest later today. TheLeftorium 08:54, 12 August 2008 (UTC)